It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Difficulty Quotes, Risk-taking Quotes

He who has great power should use it lightly.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

Luck never made a man wise.

Luck never made a man wise.

People do not care how nobly they live, only how long, despite the fact that...

People do not care how nobly they live, only how long, despite the fact that...

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do...

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do...

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel:...

Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel:...

Life is neither a good nor an evil: it is a field for good and...

Life is neither a good nor an evil: it is a field for good and...

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?...

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?...

Be harsh with yourself at times.

Be harsh with yourself at times.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

He is most powerful who has power over himself

He is most powerful who has power over himself

He who profits by a crime commits it

He who profits by a crime commits it

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present,...

True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present,...

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

If you wish to be loved; love

If you wish to be loved; love

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was...

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was...

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, While loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, While loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Conquer the devils with a little thing called love!

Conquer the devils with a little thing called love!